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joining us live on capitol hill tonight is senator john mccain, republican of arizona. the ranking republican on the senate armed services committee. thanks as always for being with us here on c-span. >> thank you, steve. >> let me begin with the obvious question. were you satisfied with the answer from leon panetta. >> of course not. first of all he said whether we act unilaterally or not, no one is certainly not me is in favor of acting unilaterally. they were spreading that all over town yesterday that john mccain wants to act unilaterally. in fact, it was reported as such because they told "the wall street journal" reporter that when every statement that i made indicates that that's not the case. and then he said he's got to figure out whether it would make the situation better or worse. now, here's thousands of syrians being slaughtered by ba share al asad. how do you make it worse? and, of course, the fact is that so far, they have done absolutely nothing. now, since the hearing and since a very strong editorial in the "washington post" and other organs around the
joining us live on capitol hill tonight is senator john mccain, republican of arizona. the ranking republican on the senate armed services committee. thanks as always for being with us here on c-span. >> thank you, steve. >> let me begin with the obvious question. were you satisfied with the answer from leon panetta. >> of course not. first of all he said whether we act unilaterally or not, no one is certainly not me is in favor of acting unilaterally. they were spreading that...
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you see carey hagel and mccain. the idea that mccain is happy that they will be there means it is a republican victory. >> cenk: john kerry. >> cenk: of course it is. i'll tell you the real problem. we're out of time, but the real problem in summary is they don't have the let's put it this way guts, i could have gone with a different body part for a fight. whenever there's a fight, run for the hills. oh my god, they said something bad about susan rice, oh, pie god, let's run let's run, let's run. the minute they said something bad, i would have thrown it down and said let's go, let's go. i just won the election. >> how do you know john kerry wasn't also a top choice here. >> cenk: whatever. come on, you know it was susan rice. >> i don't know it. i know there were political ram if i cases to naming kerry. >> cenk: republicans got exactly what they wanted. >> they did. >> cenk: which is usually what happens under the obama administration. when we come back, a woman who gets fired for a poll light response to a racist
you see carey hagel and mccain. the idea that mccain is happy that they will be there means it is a republican victory. >> cenk: john kerry. >> cenk: of course it is. i'll tell you the real problem. we're out of time, but the real problem in summary is they don't have the let's put it this way guts, i could have gone with a different body part for a fight. whenever there's a fight, run for the hills. oh my god, they said something bad about susan rice, oh, pie god, let's run let's...
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john mccain led the charge on benghazi. and they have a sense -- there's nothing you can do to a senator to keep them out of the loop. and there is a sense there that not only were they not told the truth, but the american people were not told the truth and they decided -- i mean the white house calls it an obsession. jay carney has called it an obsession. but i do believe that there are lots of republicans who don't want her to be the secretary of state. and whoever thought there would be a republican caucus to get john kerry -- gwen: well, if you're a member of the senate you're part of the club and that's probably what's going on. but i'm curious about the folks at the white house, mike, it seems to me the people at the white house are trying to decide if it's worth it. >> i don't often say this, because every time i think it i end up being wrong. but i think there's a visceral aspect of this. i think the president, when this came up in his first post-election press conference was genuinely upset. come after me, come aft
john mccain led the charge on benghazi. and they have a sense -- there's nothing you can do to a senator to keep them out of the loop. and there is a sense there that not only were they not told the truth, but the american people were not told the truth and they decided -- i mean the white house calls it an obsession. jay carney has called it an obsession. but i do believe that there are lots of republicans who don't want her to be the secretary of state. and whoever thought there would be a...
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senator mccain was going after her, some thought there was a personal feud. >> it's hard to imagine but senator mccain should be praising her for doing her job well especially when you have national security crisis, you want most of our officials you want everyone to be on the same page. she was on the same page, so he should be saluting her applauding her and really not providing these kind of horrible statements about her. i've known her for many years and she is a very tough negotiator on behalf of the united states. she represents the united states well, and she is such a brilliant woman. that's what i think senator mccain may or may not be able to understand. >> eliot: switching gears quickly. the republican party and tea party got thumped. is there a lesson. there in the house, do you see colleagues, i know you try to get along with everybody on a personal level but intellectually, what did they take away? >> we're seeing this during the negotiations now. i'm not sure the tea party republicans quite get the message, but there are many moderate republicans who understand the factua
senator mccain was going after her, some thought there was a personal feud. >> it's hard to imagine but senator mccain should be praising her for doing her job well especially when you have national security crisis, you want most of our officials you want everyone to be on the same page. she was on the same page, so he should be saluting her applauding her and really not providing these kind of horrible statements about her. i've known her for many years and she is a very tough negotiator...
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whether tea party or john mccain's 2008 campaign slogan country first. the claim should not be limited to that narrow slice of the political spectrum. some in the so-called 1%, including but not limited to warren buffet want to pay higher taxes and think doing so would be patriotic. take a listen. >> 10 years ago one made a mistake. you gave tax cuts to millionaires hike year. >> and me. >> and me. >> you decided our country needed less money. >> and millionaires like me needed more. >> now they have more money. >> and our country has left. >> 10 years ago you gave me a tax cut i didn't want and i didn't need. >> fix the mistake you made. >> because it is the right thing to do. >> tax me. >> tax me, tax me, because my country, our country means more than my money. >> eliot: perhaps john boehner and the gop can learn that it is his patriotic duty to pay more. thank you for your willingness to write the check. explain how this began. i agree with you. explain the genesis of this movement. >> eliot thanks for having me on. i appreciate those kind words. let
whether tea party or john mccain's 2008 campaign slogan country first. the claim should not be limited to that narrow slice of the political spectrum. some in the so-called 1%, including but not limited to warren buffet want to pay higher taxes and think doing so would be patriotic. take a listen. >> 10 years ago one made a mistake. you gave tax cuts to millionaires hike year. >> and me. >> and me. >> you decided our country needed less money. >> and millionaires...
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the mccain bill primarily only focuses on voluntary information sharing. again, an important part of the equation, but it doesn't get us where we need to be. think about it in this way. everyone would pretty much agree that we have among the safest airlines in the country, and yet the good intentions of the airlines of wanting to get people safely from point a to point b, that's great that they have good intentions to do that, and i'm sure for the most part they accomplish their goal, but good intentions alope, clearly, don't provide a level of safety and security that the american people demand and require, and therefore, we have the ntsb that comes in and makes sure we get us that much further in having thee safest airline in the country. that's what this is about in terms of providing better and robust cybersecurity whether it's electric grid, banking system, or the telecommunication system among others. >> host: now, congressman, if you would, talk about current legislative action or proposals in the house and where you stand on them. >> guest: sure. w
the mccain bill primarily only focuses on voluntary information sharing. again, an important part of the equation, but it doesn't get us where we need to be. think about it in this way. everyone would pretty much agree that we have among the safest airlines in the country, and yet the good intentions of the airlines of wanting to get people safely from point a to point b, that's great that they have good intentions to do that, and i'm sure for the most part they accomplish their goal, but good...
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>>guest: senator john mccain and i are in the same position, outside of the loop. we are not involved in the negotiations. we had some good news just a few minutes ago that we probably are close to resolution, a temporary resolution of the problem. this is not the time for us to be complaining about problems that are going to be down the road. but a temporary resolution is like the banned phrase. we can we just put the period on this and move on? we need a grand bargain. >>guest: we all want a grand bargain but the people at the stock market are looking forward to this, we are not falling off cliff. we should not be proud of the fact that leaders that have been elected are talking with each other. for cryin' out loud, don't knock that. that is all we have. we have to take that and see if we can improve upon it before but we have anything that has been publicly anoned, i don't think we should be complaining that it is not as grand add we wish. a we should do now is learn a lesson and promise the american people this will never happen again. >> i am come laning becau
>>guest: senator john mccain and i are in the same position, outside of the loop. we are not involved in the negotiations. we had some good news just a few minutes ago that we probably are close to resolution, a temporary resolution of the problem. this is not the time for us to be complaining about problems that are going to be down the road. but a temporary resolution is like the banned phrase. we can we just put the period on this and move on? we need a grand bargain. >>guest: we...
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john mccain is a man with many, many questions. john mccain is a man with many questions and a man in desperate need to some answers to those questions or at least he just likes to say that over and over again on television. there is a strange thing about all of senator mccain's questions, though. the answers to his questions appear to be readily available, known to everybody in the country who cares about this matter, september for john mccain. here is what i mean. yesterday, senator mccain went on fox news to try to continue to advance his theory of a massive white house cover-up of the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. senator mccain has been advancing this cover-up theory demanding answers. he appears to be tuning out those answers when they are provided to him. it is getting weirder and weirder over time. here, watch. >> who changed the talking points that were used by ambassador rice? that is a question senator mccain that we have the answer to. the intelligence agencies acknowledged last week that they were the ones
john mccain is a man with many, many questions. john mccain is a man with many questions and a man in desperate need to some answers to those questions or at least he just likes to say that over and over again on television. there is a strange thing about all of senator mccain's questions, though. the answers to his questions appear to be readily available, known to everybody in the country who cares about this matter, september for john mccain. here is what i mean. yesterday, senator mccain...
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john mccain still relitigating the last campaign from 2008. so, i think that, you know, jonathan's absolutely right. the problem here is the cia backs up everything that susan rice said. i think if you check the transcripts of what she said versus what the cia was saying at the time, those things match. and i think going forward, as we learn more information, as the information begins to spool itself out, as the investigation begins to conclude itself, and i think it will be some time when we get some real answers, i think that you're going to find that it absolutely was plausible that you had a terrorist organization who was taking advantage of a -- you know, of a protest in progress. i've always said that was very plausible. that seems to be, you know, the idea of what's happened here. today when i saw the president during this press conference, i thought he was going to start reciting the line from mop's ante up. he stood tough this afternoon and i think the white house press corps was not prepared for the president obama they saw today. >>
john mccain still relitigating the last campaign from 2008. so, i think that, you know, jonathan's absolutely right. the problem here is the cia backs up everything that susan rice said. i think if you check the transcripts of what she said versus what the cia was saying at the time, those things match. and i think going forward, as we learn more information, as the information begins to spool itself out, as the investigation begins to conclude itself, and i think it will be some time when we...
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even attacks outside of john mccain, putting benghazi aside, she hasn't been nice enough. she's too ambitious. you would never hear that say about -- >> she's too tough. >> too ambitious. >> doesn't take guff from enough people. thanks and happy thanksgiving. >> thanks. >> happy thanksgiving. >>> next, you lost. deal with it. there will be no dessert. victor! victor! i got your campbell's chunky soup. mom? who's mom? i'm the giants mascot. the giants don't have a mascot! ohhh! eat up! new jammin jerk chicken soup has tasty pieces of chicken with rice and beans. hmmm. for giant hunger! thanks mom! see ya! whoaa...oops! mom? i'm ok. grandma? hi sweetie! she operates the head. [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right. why use temporary treatments when you can prevent the acid that's causing it with prevacid24hr. with one pill prevacid24hr works at the source to prevent the acid that causes frequent heartburn all day and all night. and with new prevacid24hr perks, you can earn rewards from dinner deals to music downloads for purchasing prevacid24hr. pre
even attacks outside of john mccain, putting benghazi aside, she hasn't been nice enough. she's too ambitious. you would never hear that say about -- >> she's too tough. >> too ambitious. >> doesn't take guff from enough people. thanks and happy thanksgiving. >> thanks. >> happy thanksgiving. >>> next, you lost. deal with it. there will be no dessert. victor! victor! i got your campbell's chunky soup. mom? who's mom? i'm the giants mascot. the giants don't...
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i think mccain was absolutely right. you can quibble or have serious disagreements with obama's foreign policy but throwing her under the bus is ridiculous. it's as dangerous as john boehner said. it's a distraction from what the campaign should be all about, which should be about the economy. if you're talking about the rhetoric coming from mitt romney and others, all is fair in love and war when it comes to politics. they're saying the same thing about mitt romney. they're calling him unamerican. stephanie conner is calling him a felony. >> wait a minute. wait a minute. has anybody questioned his citizenship? >> they've questioned where he's putting all his money. [ talking at once ] >> they are questioning everything about him, yes. >> no difference between questioning a guy's tax returns and whether he's american or not. there's no difference. >> there's a difference between the rhetoric of michele bachmann which is horrible and the rhetoric -- >> let's go on here. >> john sinunu apologized for the comments and he sh
i think mccain was absolutely right. you can quibble or have serious disagreements with obama's foreign policy but throwing her under the bus is ridiculous. it's as dangerous as john boehner said. it's a distraction from what the campaign should be all about, which should be about the economy. if you're talking about the rhetoric coming from mitt romney and others, all is fair in love and war when it comes to politics. they're saying the same thing about mitt romney. they're calling him...
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it just is -- mccain has a point. a long drum beat of the drama on the "new york times" article. >> i think the bin laden kill is stoelgtsly different from the kill list. >> you may not be a swing voter. >> clearly not looking for people's heads on stakes. >> the kill list was driven. everything we know about the drone program, by investigating reporting. that kill list story was excellent reporting at the "new york times." the way they framed it, ben exactly right. frame it as, obama is in control. i think i've written one of those foreign policy stories where obama walks into the, you know, oval office -- but i really think that they were forced -- the media and civil liberties group forced their hand on the kill list and finally said, okay, we're going to give it out to you. now, coincidentally it happened to be during an election year which makes the president not look good. >> the cyber war. sputniks and israel and iran. i write about it in my 2010 book. this is not a new story. talking about leaks and carrying o
it just is -- mccain has a point. a long drum beat of the drama on the "new york times" article. >> i think the bin laden kill is stoelgtsly different from the kill list. >> you may not be a swing voter. >> clearly not looking for people's heads on stakes. >> the kill list was driven. everything we know about the drone program, by investigating reporting. that kill list story was excellent reporting at the "new york times." the way they framed it, ben...
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he won it by probably -- 30 points or so over senator john mccain in 2008. i am curious, looking forward to this november whether or not this economic number will have an impact on the latino vote and whether it will be a president obama vote or not? >> i think that -- i think he has the numbers and the support from the latino community, clearly. i think it hovers around 61%, which is better than he does with the general populous. but, yeah, i mean, there is room for improvement, definitely. i don't think that president obama should look at his support within the latino community and take it as a given that people, you know, that lateenose will vote for him. i think they are concerned about the economy, along with education. >> greta: let me ask you about another topic, immigration. if there is a way to generalize, i know it's terrible to generalize, but which is more important, do you think for the bulk of theta latino vote? the question of immigration or the economy? >> without a doubt, the economy. i don't think we differ from the general populous in that
he won it by probably -- 30 points or so over senator john mccain in 2008. i am curious, looking forward to this november whether or not this economic number will have an impact on the latino vote and whether it will be a president obama vote or not? >> i think that -- i think he has the numbers and the support from the latino community, clearly. i think it hovers around 61%, which is better than he does with the general populous. but, yeah, i mean, there is room for improvement,...
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i would love to see senator mccain join us. it's questionable whether he will at this point, but the reality is the public wants us to get something done, to work together. we know that a minority view needs to be protected in the senate. you shouldn't be able to block things for the sake of blocking progress in solving problems. >> it was very clear. mitch mcconnell wanted to make barack obama a one-term president. do you get a sense they are going to do that again? let's say ewe didn't make the changes. would it be a repeat of the last session of congress? >> i absolutely do. even though there are members that want to work across the aisle, we're having better conversations now. and i appreciate that. colleagues on both sides of the aisle. but in the end, with the same leader and the same wind set. it would be the same thing. the public deserves better. >> quickly, i understand you're having a press conference tomorrow with senator schumer on middle class tax cuts. from what i can gather, it's all about the rates. >> we're do
i would love to see senator mccain join us. it's questionable whether he will at this point, but the reality is the public wants us to get something done, to work together. we know that a minority view needs to be protected in the senate. you shouldn't be able to block things for the sake of blocking progress in solving problems. >> it was very clear. mitch mcconnell wanted to make barack obama a one-term president. do you get a sense they are going to do that again? let's say ewe didn't...
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i love this country, and so do you, and so does john mccain. the men and women who serve in our battlefields may be democrats and republicans and independents, but they have fought together and bled together and some died together under the same proud flag. they have not served a red america or a blue america - they have served the united states of america. [cheers and applause] [audience chanting "usa!"] so i've got news for you, john mccain. we all put our country first. america, our work will not be easy. the challenges we face require tough choices, and democrats as well as republicans will need to cast off the worn-out ideas and politics of the past. for part of what has been lost these past eight years can't just be measured by lost wages or bigger trade deficits. what has also been lost is our sense of common purpose - our sense of higher purpose. and that's what we have to restore. we may not agree on abortion, but surely we can agree on reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies in this country. [cheers and applause] the reality of gu
i love this country, and so do you, and so does john mccain. the men and women who serve in our battlefields may be democrats and republicans and independents, but they have fought together and bled together and some died together under the same proud flag. they have not served a red america or a blue america - they have served the united states of america. [cheers and applause] [audience chanting "usa!"] so i've got news for you, john mccain. we all put our country first. america,...
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everyone is talking about john mccain again. so some people wonder if there's a little bit of political opportunism there. >> i want to go back to something krystal said a minute ago. closing ranks behind susan rice because much political battle lines in this. you made the point earlier if you just looked at this without regard to benghazi and said john mccain realistically speaking, who potentially could appoint secretary of state that would agree ideological with you. realistically susan rice is as good as he can do. the consensus in the democratic party is probably to the right of it. i wonder is there any push-back from the left or from democrats in washington toward the administration just saying, hey, look, don't fall for this trap of nominating susan rice because you have to? get somebody that agrees more? >> susan rice is very well respected, and i know a lot of progressives wanted her to be a spokesperson because they thought she was effective. susan rice is known as the conscience of the administration when it comes to
everyone is talking about john mccain again. so some people wonder if there's a little bit of political opportunism there. >> i want to go back to something krystal said a minute ago. closing ranks behind susan rice because much political battle lines in this. you made the point earlier if you just looked at this without regard to benghazi and said john mccain realistically speaking, who potentially could appoint secretary of state that would agree ideological with you. realistically...
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john mccain. john mccain, along with his shadow, lindsey graham, and their new third amigo, new hampshire senator kelly ayotte, they released a joint statement today, praising the cease-fire declaration, but then adding were for good measure, quote, what happens in the middle east will impact america's vital national security interests for the foreseeable future and stronger, smarter american leadership is desperately needed. smarter leadership! take it from john mccain. remember, john mccain's big idea on foreign policy at the moment is that we should not have a secretary of state at all right now. john mccain suggesting that he will personally block anybody from being confirmed as secretary of state in the second term of the obama administration, because according to john mccain, u.n. ambassador susan rice, who's a likely candidate for secretary of state, she once said something wrong on the sunday shows. in the days after the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, back in september, susan ri
john mccain. john mccain, along with his shadow, lindsey graham, and their new third amigo, new hampshire senator kelly ayotte, they released a joint statement today, praising the cease-fire declaration, but then adding were for good measure, quote, what happens in the middle east will impact america's vital national security interests for the foreseeable future and stronger, smarter american leadership is desperately needed. smarter leadership! take it from john mccain. remember, john mccain's...
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so why is mccain doing this? as "the huffington post" pointed out, in january, senator mccain will lose his top ranking seat due to term limits. the only ranking spot available to him next session will be on the affairs committee. the creation of a special committee would give mccain the opportunity to stay relevant and create more problems for the president of the united states who defeated him in 2008 to prove just how disconnected from reality this man is, mccain is now demanding u.n. ambassador susan rice go on television and apologize for the way she characterized the benghazi attacks. >> maybe she could start out by publically coming back on this show and say, i was wrong. i gave the wrong information on your show some several weeks ago. that might be a beginning. >> let's bring in katrina vanden heuvel. i just find that comment on sunday by john mccain outrageous. why is he attacking susan rice like that? >> there are a number of reasons. i think he's trying to stay relevant as you said. i think this is a
so why is mccain doing this? as "the huffington post" pointed out, in january, senator mccain will lose his top ranking seat due to term limits. the only ranking spot available to him next session will be on the affairs committee. the creation of a special committee would give mccain the opportunity to stay relevant and create more problems for the president of the united states who defeated him in 2008 to prove just how disconnected from reality this man is, mccain is now demanding...
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he also has served as foreign policy adviser to senator john mccain. all of you see him regularly on fox news sunday and the fox news channel. i met him in 1981 when he was a very young assistant professor at the university of pennsylvania. the question that i would like to pose for each of you, and i will start with governor what does this through feel about the leadership styles of mitt romney and president obama? >> probably not much. >> ok, will this panel is over. [laughter] >> you could extrapolate a few things from president obama's first term that may be instructive. he is not the manager. he does out of a history of managing things. you bring in a lot of good, well trained people and give them tasks and try to lead a government. in the case of mitt romney, who has been a governor, a business guy. he has run the olympics. i think his attitude would be efficiency. i will come in and look at running governments, like a business, which is not always the right answer because government is not a business. you should always look for efficiencies, but
he also has served as foreign policy adviser to senator john mccain. all of you see him regularly on fox news sunday and the fox news channel. i met him in 1981 when he was a very young assistant professor at the university of pennsylvania. the question that i would like to pose for each of you, and i will start with governor what does this through feel about the leadership styles of mitt romney and president obama? >> probably not much. >> ok, will this panel is over. [laughter]...
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did a report asking whether or not mccain and sarah palin were literally lying their way into the white house. but you will mistruths half truths stretching the truth telling the truth whatever it is it has both democrats and republicans questioning what's going on inside the mccain campaign they were opponents have gone so far as to say that john mccain and sarah palin are lying their way into the white house claims that john mccain's allies nearly won in the white house which is saying a lot considering he was coming from party the george w. bush had run into the ground he was committed to a very unpopular war he had picked a vice president who was woefully unqualified and he was running up against one of the most gifted politicians of our time who outspending on t.v. three to one yet he still nearly won and this year with mitt romney most likely to spend a billion dollars thanks to super pacs made possible by the supreme court citizens united decision those lies will be even more effective if the president tries to push back on them with facts he could lose so what's to be done well
did a report asking whether or not mccain and sarah palin were literally lying their way into the white house. but you will mistruths half truths stretching the truth telling the truth whatever it is it has both democrats and republicans questioning what's going on inside the mccain campaign they were opponents have gone so far as to say that john mccain and sarah palin are lying their way into the white house claims that john mccain's allies nearly won in the white house which is saying a lot...
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it's not because john mccain doesn't care, it's because john mccain doesn't get it. for over two decades -- [cheers and applause] for over two decades he subscribed to that old discredited philosophy -- give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else. in washington they call this the ownership society, but what it really means is that you're on your own. out of work? tough luck, you're on your own. no health care? the market will fix it. you're on your own. born into poverty? pull yourself upyou're on your . [cheers and applause] well it's time for them to own their failure. it's time for us to change america. and that's why i'm running for president of the united states. [cheers and applause] you see, we democrats have a very different measure of what constitutes progress in this country. we measure progress by how many people can find a job that pays the mortgage; whether you can put a little extra money away at the end of each month so you can someday watch your child receive her college diploma. we measure progres
it's not because john mccain doesn't care, it's because john mccain doesn't get it. for over two decades -- [cheers and applause] for over two decades he subscribed to that old discredited philosophy -- give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else. in washington they call this the ownership society, but what it really means is that you're on your own. out of work? tough luck, you're on your own. no health care? the market will fix it. you're...
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. >>> up next, some wishful thinking in john mccain and john kerry. watch how kerry stays out of this. he's not campaigning, and he's careful here. and this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> back to "hardball." now to the "sideshow." at the kennedy center honors last night comedian ray romano paid tribute to david letterman but slipped in a bow to president obama. >> you want to win the world series. do you quit, you're down one game to nothing? no, you keep going. you keep going. do you quit when you're down 1-0 in debates? no. no. you keep going. >> that's true. this year's honorees included dustin hoffman, led zeppelin, and more. and the president spoke to them at a white house reception and pointed out a hiccup in his own speech writing process. >> we've got buddy guy sitting next to dustin hoffman. we've got dave letterman alongside one of the greatest ballerinas of all time. i don't think dave dances. i worked with the speech writers, there's no smooth transition from ballet to led zeppelin. of course, these guys also redefined the rock
. >>> up next, some wishful thinking in john mccain and john kerry. watch how kerry stays out of this. he's not campaigning, and he's careful here. and this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> back to "hardball." now to the "sideshow." at the kennedy center honors last night comedian ray romano paid tribute to david letterman but slipped in a bow to president obama. >> you want to win the world series. do you quit, you're down one...
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. >> romney personal, mccain political. >> i think it's personal. a lot of people don't like this president, and i think that's the case here. chris: ok. thanks for a great roundtable. i agree. dan rather, katty kay, jodi kantor for "the new york times" and sam donaldson. that's the show. thanks for watching. hope you and your family have much to be grateful for. see you back here >>> hi, everybody. welcome to the "wall street journal report." i'm maria bartiromo. the wall street democrat who has the president'
. >> romney personal, mccain political. >> i think it's personal. a lot of people don't like this president, and i think that's the case here. chris: ok. thanks for a great roundtable. i agree. dan rather, katty kay, jodi kantor for "the new york times" and sam donaldson. that's the show. thanks for watching. hope you and your family have much to be grateful for. see you back here >>> hi, everybody. welcome to the "wall street journal report." i'm maria...
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>> this was whipped up by john mccain. he made it personal. he was dogged with it. fox news, let's face it, were also driving the story considerably. in the end, this came down to susan rice's decision and my sources who are very close to her said, this wasn't someone who was pushed. she made the decision herself. she could have got confirmed but decided to pull back because it would have been messy. >> she honestly said in her op-ed, it was for the best interest of country. you believe she feels that. >> everybody says for the best interest of the country. there is a calculation you make about whether it's worth it to yourself, your family, to your boss, the president of the united states, they would have taken on water to get her through. i think they could have got her through. i think she thinks she could have got through but the political costs, given the campaign, the crusade, if you will, that was being led here was really hard. >> messy to say the least. it is as simple as john kerry's next? is there anyone that can sneak into this conversation? >> nothing i
>> this was whipped up by john mccain. he made it personal. he was dogged with it. fox news, let's face it, were also driving the story considerably. in the end, this came down to susan rice's decision and my sources who are very close to her said, this wasn't someone who was pushed. she made the decision herself. she could have got confirmed but decided to pull back because it would have been messy. >> she honestly said in her op-ed, it was for the best interest of country. you...
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and mccain inappropriate political attack and gave us the horrible optics of he and lindsey graham as old white establishment folks wrongly and repeatedly attacking a younger black women and moments when they went strongly blue. >> jon: and claims that mccain went on a witch hunt and tarring the ambassador in the press. that's quite a loaded word. >> so many words that he can say that for some reason i can't say. next time we hear the usual suspects in the review and denouncing rush limbo, remember, they were stone cold silent most likely so far on all of this race baiting going on on the rice-mccain issue. >> jon: what about the real issues what are the real issues that the media should be raising here? >> this has been an indictment not just of the politicians who make these charges and remember, this is where it started because congressional black caucus representatives made the charge that senator mccain was racist, but, it's also an indictment of a totally incurious press. i mean, where are most reporters on important questions, issues of fact like what happened in benghazi, what
and mccain inappropriate political attack and gave us the horrible optics of he and lindsey graham as old white establishment folks wrongly and repeatedly attacking a younger black women and moments when they went strongly blue. >> jon: and claims that mccain went on a witch hunt and tarring the ambassador in the press. that's quite a loaded word. >> so many words that he can say that for some reason i can't say. next time we hear the usual suspects in the review and denouncing rush...
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, fell short of john mccain by a couple million votes, so what happened? >> look, i think their organizational structure was in place, but this again, to get to the way mr. romney ran his campaign. somebody made an interesting point to me this week and said, you know, the very end he wasn't enthusing big crowds, he was enthusing people who should have been with them from the start. and when he finally turned after the denver debate and finally got momentum. it wasn't enough time to bring in the undecided voters and people that were sort of marginal in the end because he spent so much of this time, campaign, instead letting obama define him and deciding to run a referendum campaign on the president. >> what about the minority vote, asians, hispanics, jason, they went even bigger numbers for president obama this year, than four years ago. >> oh, sure, i mean, that's-- he got, particularly latinos, this were more of them, they made up larger percentage of the electorate and won more of them. and that may have been the key, particularly in the swing states in
, fell short of john mccain by a couple million votes, so what happened? >> look, i think their organizational structure was in place, but this again, to get to the way mr. romney ran his campaign. somebody made an interesting point to me this week and said, you know, the very end he wasn't enthusing big crowds, he was enthusing people who should have been with them from the start. and when he finally turned after the denver debate and finally got momentum. it wasn't enough time to bring...
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mccain's defense of abedin has triggered several comments from republicans. the speaker john boehner also weighed in. >> from everything i do know of her, she has a sterling character, and i think accusations like this being thrown around are pretty dangerous. >> yet bachmann is standing by her rhetoric. >> if my family members were associated with hamas, a terrorist organization, that alone could be sufficient to disqualify me from getting a security clearance. >> let's turn to democratic strategist chris kofinis, welcome to the show. >> thank you. >> bachmann says the content of these letters are being distorted and this is about serious national security concerns. come on. tell us what this really is about. >> listen, i think this is about a -- an extreme agenda that clearly a wing in the republican party has that congresswoman bachmann represents. i mean, if you step back and you think about what she said, it has to be one of the most despicable things at least i've heard in politics in a long time. that says a lot. there's a lot of despicable things said
mccain's defense of abedin has triggered several comments from republicans. the speaker john boehner also weighed in. >> from everything i do know of her, she has a sterling character, and i think accusations like this being thrown around are pretty dangerous. >> yet bachmann is standing by her rhetoric. >> if my family members were associated with hamas, a terrorist organization, that alone could be sufficient to disqualify me from getting a security clearance. >> let's...
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mccain, senator mccain says he wants more information, so he does a press conference. he goes to the floor of the senate. he appears on the "today" show. but he doesn't attend the briefing where he might have got some answers to his questions. >> well, i have to admit that a lot of us are addicted to the television screens rather than to the facts in this case, but i would hope that the senators would reconsider and to recognize that all america could easily join with them if collectively we push the committees of jurisdiction to find as soon as possible who is responsible, whether it could have been corrected, and what we can do to avoid this in the future. but the whole idea of attacking the united nations ambassador, i share the outrage of president obama, but even more the whole idea that he has inferred that he's covered this up is even more outrageous to do that when he should be defending our country. >> i want to play you something mr. mccain said nearly eight years ago after president bush's re-election. it was his response to the critics of condoleezza rice d
mccain, senator mccain says he wants more information, so he does a press conference. he goes to the floor of the senate. he appears on the "today" show. but he doesn't attend the briefing where he might have got some answers to his questions. >> well, i have to admit that a lot of us are addicted to the television screens rather than to the facts in this case, but i would hope that the senators would reconsider and to recognize that all america could easily join with them if...
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of state after an introduction from john kerry. >> senator mccain. >> thank you very much, mr. secretary. >> kerry stepped up again after mccain but refused to bite on that one. >> thank you very much, mr. president. this is what happens when you get two losers up here, folks. >> that was a good line. kerry has been careful to stay clear of the public speculation about whom the president will actually pick to replace hillary clinton. >>> also, ads governor jan brewer, she's a heavyweight, in a comment about global warming. she doesn't think it's man made, but her own explanation for climate change is rather lacking. here is what she told a local reporter. >> everybody has an opinion on it, you know, and i probably don't believe it's manmade. i believe that, you know, weather and certain elements are controlled maybe by different things. >> another pathetic comment by an enemy of science. >>> up next, it sure looks like hillary clinton is running for president. we have the latest signs next. >>> and you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. [ man ] ring ring... progres
of state after an introduction from john kerry. >> senator mccain. >> thank you very much, mr. secretary. >> kerry stepped up again after mccain but refused to bite on that one. >> thank you very much, mr. president. this is what happens when you get two losers up here, folks. >> that was a good line. kerry has been careful to stay clear of the public speculation about whom the president will actually pick to replace hillary clinton. >>> also, ads governor...
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. >>> up next, some wishful thinking in john mccain and john kerry. watch how kerry stays out of this. he's not campaigning, and he's careful here. and this is "hardball," the place for politics. ♪ [ male announcer ] it's that time of year again. medicare open enrollment. time to compare plans and costs. you don't have to make changes. but it never hurts to see if you can find better coverage, save money, or both. and check out the preventive benefits you get after the health care law. ♪ open enrollment ends december 7th. so now's the time. visit medicare.gov or call 1-800-medicare. [ male announcer ] yep, there's 8 layers of whole grain fiber in those mini-wheats® biscuits... to help keep you full... ♪ 45 bushels of wheat on the farm. 45 bushels of wheat! ♪ ...all morning long. there's a big breakfast... [ mini ] yeehaw! ...in those fun little biscuits. >>> back to "hardball." now to the "sideshow." at the kennedy center honors last night comedian ray romano paid tribute to david letterman but slipped in a bow to president obama. >> you want
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moses couldn't play nice with senator mccain. if he gets it in his head that he doesn't like you, there's nothing going to change his mind. >> the point i was making was that nobody was going to change their mind based upon what senator mccain said or didn't say. >> the issue was you -- >> you judge a candidate -- if you can't no shut up, then you ought to be ambassador to the u.n. >> the point is you need to judge someone on their merits, not make it political and that's what senator mccain did. >> we don't know what went on in the meeting with senator collins. he was the person that the white house i think was pointing to try to get the tide changed or at least to help break a filibuster, if that's what it came to, ambassador rice failed in convincing senator collins. mccain was out of it at that point. >> let me ask you about this other talk, and we're going to play nice now. that a former republican senator chuck hagel could become the next defense secretary. what do you think, chris, how would democrats feel about that scena
moses couldn't play nice with senator mccain. if he gets it in his head that he doesn't like you, there's nothing going to change his mind. >> the point i was making was that nobody was going to change their mind based upon what senator mccain said or didn't say. >> the issue was you -- >> you judge a candidate -- if you can't no shut up, then you ought to be ambassador to the u.n. >> the point is you need to judge someone on their merits, not make it political and...
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the mccain campaign and the fact that the mccain campaign has been leading forward 1-0. according to some mccain people a double. in olbermann's defense, he thought his mic was "all the way" up. it is a not just waldorf and sam the eagle and sam the eagle and beaker. >> why are you so mat hateful. why do you want to keep people in iraq longer than they need to be here. do you ever watch this show. i guess you sleep through it because you missed it three timingtimes in a row. >>jon: i guess the weather in scarborough country is rainy with a bit of the arrrr we own have time for one of you i'm going to go with wyatt. >> . >> samantha: whoa i'm ready nowo go with wyatt. >> samantha: i'm like ten times. >>jon: you are great ou you and your husband are great. and i thought we would go with wyatt to get a different perspective. >> samantha: okay.great. if i may. i would like to address all of the people who have supported me on my extraordinary journey of media analysis. like diane johnson an elder whri woma --elderly woman in wichitao held my hand and begged me to keep analyz
the mccain campaign and the fact that the mccain campaign has been leading forward 1-0. according to some mccain people a double. in olbermann's defense, he thought his mic was "all the way" up. it is a not just waldorf and sam the eagle and sam the eagle and beaker. >> why are you so mat hateful. why do you want to keep people in iraq longer than they need to be here. do you ever watch this show. i guess you sleep through it because you missed it three timingtimes in a row....